Pandura

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Pandura (पांडुर) was a Nagavanshi[1] king mentioned in Mahabharata.

Variants

Jat clans

History

Pāṇḍura (पाण्डुर).—Name of a minor mountain (Kshudraparvata) (क्षुद्रपर्वत) situated in Bhārata, a region south of mount Meru, according to the Varāhapurāṇa chapter 85. In the settlements (janapada) along these mountains dwell Āryas and Mlecchas who drink water from the rivers flowing there. Meru is one of the seven mountains located in Jambūdvīpa, which is ruled over by Āgnīdhra, a grandson of Svāyambhuva Manu. [6][7]

Pāṇḍura (पाण्डुर):—On the Pāṇḍura mountain is situated the city of the Vidyādharas. [8][9]

Pāṇḍura (पाण्डुर).—A mountain in the Bhāratavarṣa;1 residence of the Vīdyādharas. [10][11]

Pandura in Mahabharata

Pandura (पाण्डुर) is in Mahabharata (IX.44.68)

Shalya Parva, Mahabharata/Book IX Chapter 44 describes the Kings and clans who joined the ceremony for investing Kartikeya with the status of generalissimo. Pandura (पाण्डुर) is mentioned in Mahabharata (IX.44.68).[12]....Swetavaktra, Suvaktra, Charuvaktra, Pandura, Dandabahu, Subahu, Raja, Kokilaka,....

Pandura in Ramayana

Kishkindha Kanda Sarga 40 mentions that Sugriva orders vanaras to search east under the leadership of Vinata, a mighty vanara. Then he explains to Vinata the topography and geography of Eastern side of the Jambu Dwipa. Pandura is mentioned in Ramayana IV.40.43.[13]

See also

Pandu

References

  1. List of Naga Rajas
  2. Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index
  3. https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/panduraka
  4. O.S.Tugania:Jat Samuday ke Pramukh Adhar Bindu, p.48, s.n. 1504
  5. Mahendra Singh Arya et al: Adhunik Jat Itihas, p. 262
  6. Source: Wisdom Library: Varāha-purāṇa
  7. https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/pandura
  8. Source: Google Books: Cultural History from the Vāyu Purāna
  9. https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/pandura
  10. Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index
  11. https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/pandura
  12. शवेतवक्त्रः सुवक्त्रश च चारु वक्त्रश च पाण्डुरः, दण्डबाहुः सुबाहुश च रजः कॊकिलकस तदा (IX.44.68)
  13. ततः पाण्डुर मेघाभम् क्षीरौदम् नाम सागरम् ॥4-40-43॥